Julie Crotty This is Me

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1. 1. www.patwolfe.com

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   Published on: 1/29/2006   Last Visited: 12/26/2007

   Julie Crotty, jcrotty@cfu.net (Iowa) Phone (319) 266-1955
   
   A career educator for nearly three decades, Julie Crotty has a passion for teaching and learning. During her 21 years in the classroom, she served various levels of special needs students as well as teaching in regular education classrooms. Since 2000 she has been providing K-12 professional development through her work as an educational consultant at Area Education Agency 267 in Northeast Iowa. In addition to numberous workshops she had conducted, Julie has taught a variety of college-level courses. Most recently she has been a key facilitator for a large initiative in Iowa regarding the redesign of high school programs.
   
   Regardless of the level of her students, Julie utilizes her understanding of the brain as she designs and facilitates learning opportunities. Her engaging presentation style, enthusiasm for the content, and passion for learning combine to make her classes and workshops highly valuable and immediately applicable to classroom practice. Of special interest is her knowledge of human motivation theroy and how it is supported by current research on learning and the brain.
   
   "Julie utilizes all of the brain-compatible learning strategies in her workshops that she recommends participants use in their classrooms.

2. 2. MAPLE AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL

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   Published on: 10/15/2004   Last Visited: 7/17/2005

   "Intrinsic motivation is when the task itself is the reward," explains Julie Crotty, consultant for Classroom Instructional Strategies and School Improvement with Area Education Agency 7 in Iowa. She gives the example of a child who reads because he or she loves to read. "When there's a big gap between the task and the reward-for instance, getting a candy bar for doing a math worksheet-that's extrinsic motivation."
   
   The problem with extrinsic motivation-the behaviorist approach to learning-is that it interferes with the natural learning system of the brain. "Our brains are equipped with mechanisms that reward us with chemicals-feel-good chemicals, natural opiates," says Crotty.
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   As Crotty explains, you must keep feedback free of judgment by eliminating "I" statements.